Dog ownership slashes your chance of heart attack. Owning a dog significantly reduces the risk of heart attacks and other fatal conditions, according to a new study. Among people who live alone, owning a dog cuts the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 36%. In households with more than one person under the same roof, dogs lowered deaths from heart disease by 15%, the researchers revealed. Daily Mail

Bond Street overtakes Champs Elysees in rents league. Bond Street has the world’s third-highest business rents. The upmarket London thoroughfare has leapfrogged the Champs Elysees in Paris thanks to a tourism boom prompted by the weakness of sterling since the Brexit vote. Upper Fifth Avenue in Manhattan kepts its number one spot, followed by Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay, with Via Montenapoleone in Milan fourth. The Guardian

Sliced bread could become toast.Retail analysts have warned that sales of sliced loaves have fallen 12% over the past five years, owing in part to the trend for low-carb diets and gluten-free foods – and the availability of protein pots, salad bowls, sushi and other alternatives to sandwiches. The Independent

Output per worker higher in Slough than Germany. A thinktank has claimed that Britain’s economy would be more than £200bn bigger if all cities were as productive as those in London and the south-east. Research by the Centre for Cities found that in areas such as London, Slough, Reading, Milton Keynes and Aldershot, the value of output per worker was 44% higher than in other parts of Britain and 7% higher than Germany. The Times

Inflation stays steady thanks to lower fuel costs. Inflation remained steady last month at a five-and-a-half-year high of 3%. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that higher food prices were offset by lower fuel costs. The Consumer Prices Index had been tipped to rise, with Bank of England governor Mark Carney predicting it would peak at 3.2% this autumn. The official target is 2%. The Observer

Pension problems.Half of workers in Britain aged between 40 and 64 will not have enough money to retire when they reach state pension age, according to a study by YouGov for the charity Age UK, Based on a survey of more than 2,000 people the charity estimates that nearly eight million people do not expect to be in a financial position to stop working. The Times

EU workers in UK hit all-time high. The number of non-British EU citizens working in Britain has reached a record high since last year’s Brexit referendum, according to a government report released yesterday. The report, which was published by the Office for National Statistics, states that around 2.38 million EU nationals were working in the UK between July and September this year. Evening Standard

Xmas spending tipped to fall for first time since 2012. Christmas spending across the UK is expected to fall for the first time since 2012, new research has found. According to a report from Visa and IHS Markit, the economic environment, in which real wages are falling and economic growth is lethargic, is set to result in a 0.1% fall in consumer spending during the 2017 festive period. Daily Mail

The bottom line. The expenses former US president Barack Obama will receive $17.20 for reporting for jury duty. Last week Obama turned up for duty at a Chicago courthouse, but was not selected to serve. Metro

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